Brick



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HARLEY A, W. HOWCOTT, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

BRICK.

Application filed January 16, 1926. Serial No. 81,778.

My present invention relates generally to brick, and more particularly to a building unit of this character having for its object the provision of a simple, strong and durable construction as well as one which may be easily and quickly laid with or without mortar between the contacting surfaces in the formation of a building wall or the like.

A further object is the provision of a brick which lends itself to the same external appearance as the ordinary brick, which will avoid joints directly through the wall and the transmission of moisture through such joints, and which will in its use, contribute to the formation of a strong lasting wall structure.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my present invention and forms a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a port-ion of a wall formed of a single course of brick constructed in accordance with my invention,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken therethrough substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, Ii)l(l)ustrating a slightly modified form of Figure 4 is a horizontal sect-ion taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a top plan view of'a portion of a wall showing the use of two courses of the brick in accordance with my invention,

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of a single brick,-and

Figure 7 is a detail perspective view of a double brick embodying my invention and for use, as in Figure 5.

Referring now to these figures, and particularly to Figures 2, 4 and 6, my invention proposes a brick such as generally indicated at 10, composed of-two similar angularly related and integrally united side portions 11 and 12, each of the said portions being of rhomboidal form considered longitudinally, as plainly seen by a comparison of Figures 4 and 6, and transversely,

as plainly seen by reference to Figures 2 and 3, these rhomboidal side portions joining one another in such an arrangement that the body of the brick as a whole presents parallel inner and outer sides, and presents a lower face and one end, each having similarly and evenly tapering surfaces to form a rib or ridge, as well as an upper face and another end. each having similarly and evenlytapering surfacts to form a centering groove complementary to the lower face and the first mentioned end respectively.

It is obvious that brick so formed may be used in a wall, either in a single course structure as shown in Figure 1, or a double course structure as shown in Figure 5, and that the brick may be easily and quickly laid 1n the wall in view of their interfitting formation in such manner that centering alinement becomes practically automatic and displacement one from the other within the wall becomes impossible. For the format-ion of corners of the wall the corner brick may be either beveled as shown in Figure 1, or recessed at the sides with one square finished end as in Figure 5, and it is a further purpose of my invent-ion to provide either form with openings through the body centrally between and parallel with the side surfaces, extending through from one grooved face to one ribbed face, the openings being indicated at 13 and so spaced as to come into registry with one another vertically throughout the wall when the brick are laid in tiers in break-joint relation as will be seen by a comparison of Figures 1, 2. 3 and 5. These openings thus alined in the wall may be filled with mortar to form the vertical mortar bonds 14 as shown in Figures 2 and 4. in particular, or the openings may be utilized to receive vertical rods 15 such as shown in Figure 3 and adaptable also to the construction shown in Figure 5, whereby to bond as well as reinforce the wall structure.

It is obvious that a brick as proposed by my invention may be easily manufactured and will be strong and durable and it is obvious that it will act to prevent direct communication of moisture through the wall either with or without mortar between the contacting surfaces of the brick. It is also obvious that the brick of my invention lends itself to the formation of a strong lasting wall structure as well as one in which it is impossible for the bricks to accidentally displace upon the failure of mortar joints as in the case of the brick such as ordinarily used.

I claim 2-- 1. A brick comprising a body formed with top and bottom faces upwardly and outwardly inclined in parallel from a central spondin ridge and trough at the ends of the bric body.

3. A brick comprising a body formed 16 with top and bottom faces upwardly and outwardly inclined in parallel from a central line longitudinally thereof, providing a centering trough on one face and a centering ridge on the opposite face and having 20 a bonding bore extending vertically therethrough at said central longitudinal line.

HARLEY A. W. HOWCOTT. 

